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Barzun's book "From Dawn to Decadence" is pretty good. There's now a cottage industry of pundits talking about "decadence", but they are all just rehashing Barz
by jeffreyrogers 6y ago
Barzun's book "From Dawn to Decadence" is pretty good. There's now a cottage industry of pundits talking about "decadence", but they are all just rehashing Barzun.
- filoeleven 6y agoI credit that book with introducing me to William James, whose ideas and personality I immediately liked. The same was true for Barzun himself; he wrote a biography called A Stroll With William James that’s also quite good.